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Tls urdersig-red has previouslv reqrr€r&d your sffice to conduct an Ocularfrupcticr wi$r auiiroritr graned by th. City aaminietratar, as ttrewi*r atta€t€d, i$Frepara$'m fw tlre return of the frrst Tsr flO) Familis of Sirnariki l"sland in consonanceHri& the endorsernent from an Inter-Agency Conference of the National Government towhirfr f,e (3ty wac fully ah'are and reprresented last September 10, S14 in Quezon City,Ii{etro }rkrila chaired by the Commissiffi on Human Righis (CHR}.

After a y€r or rxlre of havirqg been abandoned, uninhabited, and fry &e firsteime revisih{ *re Septr:mber 27 irupection noted that many rtas been detroyed inwhle or in ;art in some of tlre monumerthl legacies in Simariki Island, to wif

t- Ttte Mooque - its ceiling is partty destroyed although the ouEr structrrer,esrained inact and the inner part seerns to be clean with the floor skinninginviting attention &at it was grroperly done prior to orrr scheduled visit.lrlotwittrstanding, the Mosque is a place of worship to the Muslims, fet, morethan a year tras passed it was never an)rmore ffied" ftbber 4, Safurday is afuast day {Hariraya} Eid'il Adha and it is equally imporhrrt as Eid'il Fiki, a

fieast celebrated a{t€r fasdng whee the fai*fuI's will have an early momingC-ongregation Prayer;

e Th€ Craveyard most of its structures were either intentionally orrmtrrterrtionally destrryed by th. soldiers out there pasing over it sunningdue respect to *re dead. Force Maieule may be contributory to ttre destmctionzuch as wave$ caused by a passing vessels, etc. thereby eroding maior parb oftk sartd and gravel where sorn€ graves are being defacd or even washed

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3- Tke Coastal Line - the surrounding coastal line especialty facing the open sea

;r graduafly ercding and to sorw $(tent defacing its origirnlity due tu stronginnpact of the waves as a resutrt of weather disturhffes esseciallv when therels tocal I.T.CZ. and l.ow Pressure in the l{estern area of Mindanao- Shouldthis remained rrnatteaded for another P€riod, Simariki will soon P€rbh andwhat remains only the growing mangroves in the area thus, bringing with it&ose ancestral legacies to er(tirrtion-

CONCLUSION AND RXCOMMENDATION:

All the findings noted at the Ocular Inspection could have ken averted andimmediately remedied if the island was inhabited after the Clear, and Present Danger inthe area no longer exist as provided in Chapter III, Sec. 7 (c) R-A. 8371. It is for thereasons, therefore, that the undersigned has repeatedly requested the Honorable Mayorin the past to aliow the return of the residents; and this time, at least the first Ten (10)Families as endorsed by the said conference, reconstruct their house$ engage in theirusual livelihood and posed as the revival team to sustain, protect and secure, maintainand preserve the coastal line as wellas the monumental legacies of our ancestors.

Thank you very much.

President(Tribal ChieftainTribal Council, Simariki Island

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